how to insert a string to pdf using pypdf?

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sorry,.. i'am a noob in python..

I need to create a pdf file, without using an existing pdf files.. (pure create a new one)
i have googling, and lot of them is merge 2 pdf or create a new file copies from a particular page in another file... what i want to achieve is make a report page (in chart), but for first step or the simple one "how to insert a string into my pdf file ? (hello world mybe)"..

this is my code to make a new pdf file with a single blankpage

from pyPdf import PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter
op = PdfFileWriter()  

# here to add blank page
op.addBlankPage(200,200)  

#how to add string here, and insert it to my blank page ?

ops = file("document-output.pdf", "wb")  
op.write(ops)  
ops.close()

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '11 at 04:37

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You want "pisa" or "reportlab" for generating arbitrary PDF documents, not "pypdf".

http://www.xhtml2pdf.com/doc/pisa-en.html

http://www.reportlab.org

answered May 25 '11 at 04:37

thanks,.. it is what i looking for,.. i need a litle help again,.. i've followed the installation.. it works fine,.. then when i run the example python module,.. my pdf had made and works,.. and i can open it... but when i run the sample in IDLE, `import ho.pisa as pisa` return a warning.. *the sets module is deprecated*.. what's wrong with my pisa ? and `pisa.showLogging()` where can i find the log file ?? – Egy Mohammad Erdin May 25 '11 at 06:53

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '11 at 20:03

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Also check out the pyfpdf library. I've used the php port of this library for a few years and it's quite flexible, allowing you to work with flowable text, lines, rectangles, and images.

http://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf

answered Jul 15 '11 at 20:03

Vineet Bansal

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